Being there Being there fascinates us. We like to watch even if we don’t participate, we are reminded by “States of Siege: A Consideration of Re-enactment Photography,” at the University of Rhode Island Main Gallery through March 12.

From a distance In “China seen by . . ." 14 photographers reflect and try to make sense of the industrial dynamo that is China today.

Worth seeing Three exhibitions will catch your attention at the RISD Museum.

The surreal world Corey Grayhorse offers a style of synthetic glitz that seems to channel our society’s plastic, superficial heart.

Seal of approval Photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia is a safe, easy choice for the new ICA’s first big artist retrospective.

Dam cute There has been a great wave of Cute in Japanese contemporary art in recent years — colorful nodding mushrooms and balloons from Takashi Murakami, big-headed kiddies and doggies from Yoshitomo Nara, and Dark Cute in the form of movies like Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away .

PRC anniversary show The Photographic Resource Center (PRC) at Boston University, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, has announced a call for entries for the 12th installment of its annual — and acclaimed — juried exhibition.

The Blue Van The new album from Denmark’s the Blue Van doesn’t just look like a remnant of the ’60s, with its black-and-white photos of the scruffy quartet and weathered-looking cover, but it actually sounds like someone dug it out of a box of old Kinks and Cream LPs someone found in an attic.